Flower Pearl cupcakes

I wanted to create a selection of tea time cupcakes in traditional buttercream that looked as attractive as they tasted. So I began by baking some chocolate cupcakes and making a batch of vanilla buttercream. I then added touches of pinks and lilacs and ended up creating different flowers using various piping nozzles. To finish, I added touches of pearlised fondant accents. They turned out pretty fab, even if I must say so myself....

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Freshly picked cupcakes

These cupcakes were made today and took me six hours to complete from start to finish. A labour of love! They are chocolate cupcakes with milk chocolate Oreo frosting and fondant toppers. 

I really enjoyed making these because in nature, nothing is perfectly symmetrical or the same, so there's a lot more room for creativity. I possibly got a little carried away with the details (is there such a thing with cake decorating I wonder?)    

Here's how they eventually turned out....

A different take on 'five a day'

An Apple a day....

Vegetable patch cupcakes

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Three tier 'Hello Kitty' Cake

This week I was told to make a three tier 'Hello Kitty' Cake for a birthday girl on her first birthday. 

I began by making my fondant 'Hello Kitty'...

I was given the colours pink, white and red, which I eventually covered each of my cakes in. 

As the bottom layer looked a bit blank I ended up cutting out strips of pink, red and black fondant to add depth and break up the scattered floral and heart pattern on the top two tiers.  

Here's how it turned out...

Three tier 'Hello Kitty' Cake in Victoria sponge and fondant.

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Jake and the Neverland Pirates cupcakes

Hand made novelty cupcakes for a birthday boy on his first birthday

White cupcakes with vanilla buttercream swirl and hand made fondant toppers

Antique Gold wedding cake

A classic Antique Gold four tier wedding cake with a spray of hand made roses and leaves...

A touch of luxury wedding lace...

a spray of hand made roses and leaves.

A selection of cupcakes

Last week I made a selection of cupcakes for a bake sale at my son's school, which went down a treat...

Dairy milk cupcakes:

Dark chocolate cupcakes with chocolate fudge and dairy milk topping

Candy floss cupcakes:

White cupcakes with candy floss flavoured buttercream

Chocolate Brownie cupcakes:

 with creamy chocolate fudge frosting: crispy on the outside, moist on the inside.

Spider-Man cupcakes

Yesterday I was requested to make some last minute cupcakes for a young birthday boy, so I came up with these...

Spider-Man and Scary Spiders:

White and light cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and hand made fondant toppers

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For the love of Red...

Today I tried my hand at making a ten inch round red velvet cake. This cake has four luscious layers of red velvet sponge with cream cheese frosting as filling and is covered in cream cheese frosting and red fondant hearts embellishments.
Handling cream cheese frosting isn't always easy but i managed to get it reasonably neat and anyhow...Sometimes it's simply more about the taste than the looks...YUM!

Louis Vuitton handbag cake

Here is a Louis Vuitton handbag cake that I made for a customer of mine. It is a large twelve inch wide cake made from chocolate mud cake, layered with Belgian chocolate ganache filling. The cake is all edible and covered in fondant with edible LV print. It was quite a challange getting the handles to stay put, but I managed it in the end.

Here is the final result...

'Tis the season to be jolly....

'Tis the season to be jolly...So I decided to create these wonderfully light and airy white cupcakes with yummy marshmallow buttercream frosting and hand-made festive fun fondant toppers!

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Ghoulish Halloween cupcakes!

These Ghoulish Halloween cupcakes are an idea 'treat' for anyone enjoying the festivities. They are white cupcakes with marshmallow buttercream topped with hand-made fondant creations....

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Two tier Disney princess pink cake

Another cake made for a little princess...this two tier Disney princess pink cake is a classic Victoria sponge cake made with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream filling. To finish it has been covered in fondant with hand-made fondant embellishments. All things except the princesses are edible...

The accompanying fairy cakes are white fairy cakes with pink vanilla swirl buttercream and hand-made fondant toppers.

Disney fairy cakes...

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Cerise gift box cake with designer jewellery...

This gift box cake was made for a lady who loves cerise! It is a three layer Victoria sponge cake with strawberry jam and buttercream filling and fondant covering. All the designer jewellery is hand made...

Hand-made designer jewellery.

                                                       

                                                             Hand-made jewellery stand.

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Blue Baby Shower cupcakes

Enhance your baby shower event with these deliciously light and fluffy, hand-made baby boy cupacaks.

Baby shower cupcakes: 

Chocolate cupcakes with smooth, melt in the mouth chocolate fudge

Buttery white cupcakes with light vanilla buttercream 

All fondant toppers are hand-made 

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Novelty Birthday Cake for Dad

This novelty birthday cake was made for a special dad who likes to watch his TV.

It is made from pound cake (which I prefer to Victoria Sponge) and is filled with strawberry jam and vanilla butter cream. The toppers are all edible and hand-made...

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Totally lemony fly away cupcakes!

I have always wanted to try royal iced butterflies, so I gave it a go and here's how they turned out...

To go with the vibrant butterfly colours I thought I'd go with a bold cupcake flavour...Lemon!

These lemon flavoured cupcakes are topped with a dollop of hidden lemon curd and a swirl of lemon buttercream. The royal iced butterflies are perched on top to finish....To be eaten before they fly away!

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Miniature Cakes

Here is a selection of two tier mini cakes. It was inspiring trying out different designs and colours for each of the two tier mini cakes and very time consuming!

The cakes are chocolate mud cakes and are filled with Belgian chocolate ganache and covered in fondant with fondant accents....

Vintage lilac mini cake

Red and white petunias

Black and white love hearts...

Mosque cake

This is a two tier novelty mosque cake made on the occasion of Eid. It was a challenge to come up with a balance of bright colours and simplicity for this design as it was meant for a children's Eid party.

The cake is made from chocolate sponge with a dark chocolate ganache filling and white chocolate ganache and fondant covering. It has a royal icing finish and fondant accents.

The message reads 'Eid mubarak' (Happy Eid)

All four minarets are edible and made from cake.

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Mini cupcakes

Miniature cupcakes are pretty and an ideal size for children's birthday parties or as canapes at weddings and functions. Below is a rose swirl of strawberry flavour cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. A perfect combination of sweet and sour/pink and white.  

Why not order mini cupcake favours available in a variety of colours and flavours to make your special day that extra bit special?

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Two tier Disney princess cushion cake

This weekend I was given the task of a two tier Disney princess cushion cake for a four year old birthday girl. This was my first attempt at a cushion cake and was very challenging and exciting. This is how my cushion turned out. 

It was made out of two 8 inch madeira cakes and filled with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream and covered in fondant...

The end result. A two tier Disney princess cake. The bottom tier was made from a 12 inch victoria sponge filled with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream and covered in fondant. 

Snow White....

From above.....

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